The Living City: Change and the Urban Environment, Friday, Period 3

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"Just like the last time we went on a field trip, today we're heading to the 1960's," Bruce said, standing in front of the portal. "No Olympics this time. This time we're going just for the cultural experience in what was called Swinging London. There are some fashion choices if you'd like to fit in better. Otherwise, we're leaving in a few minutes."

Business Sense 101 [Friday]

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"It's almost the end of our time together," Hatter said once his small class filed in. "Almost but not quite. Did any of you go and observe businesses last week? Anything you'd like to share?"

He gave the students an opportunity to share before moving on.

"Now, moving onto one of our final lessons," he said, sighing oh so sadly. "When running a business, there'll come times when you have to might come to the end of the line. Perhaps what you were selling became a fashionably faded fad or you just didn't sell enough or your rent went up or any variety of ideas. Now, you've got to close your shop down but you want to do with dignity. You don't want to burn bridges and totally kill your chances at getting back into the game later on."

He pushed his hat back a bit. "Closing down a business means letting go of employees, selling your remaining stock, terminating various places that provide you with inventory and still trying to look good while doing so. Do you take an aggressive stance and just do all that with a rock steady hand? Do you do it softly and chance looking weak and timid? Do you do it humorously? Maybe throw a party and make it a big joke?"

He nodded to the students. "How would you close a business down?"

Powers, Identity, and The World; Embracing the Real You - Friday, Period One

[angelo_wings]

Today, class would have been handwavily notified via e-mail (or older methods, for the non-technologically-inclined) that they could bring along any pets they might have. In fact, both teachers had pets with them: a kitten was tucked safely in one of Jono's jacket pockets, and a medium-sized dog was curled up at Rinoa's feet.

( Pets! )

How Not to Die, [Friday, 4th Period]

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara's class was being held in a Danger Shop created dressing room, given that as far as her students were concerned Cara had no other clothing than her leathers, there was surely nothing to be concerned about here.

"So there's a dance tonight, now another teacher might try to give you advice about not dying of mortification on the dance floor." This theoretical other teacher being someone who's co-ordination didn't mysteriously vanish the second music was involved, no matter what certain people said about it being just like sparring. "But I'm going to stick with not dying from people killing you instead."

She pressed a button and racks of hideous dresses appeared. "Your task today is to go through these lovely dresses, and find something you can fight in, or at a pinch can quickly be made to be fought in. You're looking for ease of movement, ability to breathe with difficulty, footwear you will not break your ankles if you trip while wearing them. Comfort is a bonus, as are materials that will stand up to a blow if not for long."

"Get to it, then."